Bottle-stopper.



No. 709.13m." Patented Sept. 2s, |902.

J. T. HICKS.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

, :Appuczion med oct. 31, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. HICKS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,819, dated September 23, 1902. Application ilecl October 3l, 1901. Serial No. 80,632. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: l

Be it known' that l, JOHN T. HICKS, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica,and a resident of the city of Boston, countyof Suffolk, and Stat-e of lVlassachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stop. pers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means for closing the mouth of a bottle or similar receptacle, and has for its object the provision of an effective, cheap, and simple device located in a stationary position and into cone junction with which the bottle may be placed during the time that itis not in use and from which it may be taken when drinks are to be poured out.

The invention consists 4in a'specic iinprovement upon the bottle-closing means covered by my copending application for Let-` ters Patent tiled January 21,1901, Serial No. 43,999, and it is also intended for use in counection with the bar-box shown and described in the same application and with the sideboard described and claimed in my other copending application for Letters Patent, filed January 30, 1901, Serial No. 45,274.

Further, the invention may be said to con.-

sist in certain details and peculiarities in the construction, combination, and' arrangement of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a sideboard with which my present novel bottle-stopperis employed. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the guide for the bottlc-neck.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 denotes a chamber delineated here simply by way of example in order to show one way of arranging my bottle-stopper, said chamber .1 being, if you please, a part vof the sideboard hereinabove alluded to as being found in mycopending application for Letters Patent,iiled January 30, 1901, Serial No. 45,274, said sideboard having'front slides 2 and rear slides 2, a front chamber 12 for holding broken bottled goods, and a rear chamber 12, serving as a refrigerating-chamber, there being between floor 3,*the bevel or inclination of which is atV an angle to the axis ofthe bottle when the latteris in its vertical or normal stationary position. The roof of chamber 12 carries a strip or blockof rubber or other elastic material 4, which is preferably attached to a supporting cleat or strip of wood 5. When the bottle 10 is to be placed in the chamber 12, the open` mouth of the bottle will be brought into contact with the cushion 4 and the bottom of the bottle caused to ride up the inclined lioor 3, and as it rises upon this incline theV month of the bottle will be forced V more and more tightly against the rubber until the bottle reaches its vertical position, at which time the mouth will be tightly closed by the'rubber. In order to guide the bottle when it is being placed in this position, I pro- Y vide ahorizontal bar 6, having round notches or -indentions 7 formed therein at intervals corresponding to the distance of the bottles A 'from each other, said notches 7 being of a proper size to allow the'bottle-neck to iit thereinto, so that when the bottle is being i placed in chamber l0 its neck will be caused to enter one of the notches 7 at the same time that the mouth is being pressed upl ICO in position with this sort of an arrangement it will be pressed a little upon the platform, thereby slightly depressing the latter. The

elasticity of the platform in this modification may be obtained by a rubber or spring of any kind. If found advisable, a thin piece of rubber may be employed to close the mout-h of the bottle and a thick piece put at the bottom on the platform for the spring at the front edge thereof.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bottle-stopper consisting in the combination with a stationary block of rubber secured to some suitable support, of a bottle-support located vertically opposite to the rubber, said 

